Dogs In Review Magazine October 2016 - Page 113

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Winthrop Chanler
Rutherfurd – Warren
Smooth Fox Terriers
Ch. Warren
Remedy won
three consecutive
Best in Shows at
the Westminster
Kennel Club
dog show for
her breeder Mr.
Winthrop Chanler
Rutherfurd.
Few breeders of purebred dogs possessed as
impeccable a pedigree as did Winthrop Chanler
Rutherfurd. One of the great names in Smooths
at the turn of the last century, Mr. Rutherfurd
was a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant,
the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland before the British claimed the colony for
the Crown and renamed it New York. Together
with Mr. G.H. Gooderman of Toronto and Texan Frederick Henry Farwell of Sabine fame,
Rutherfurd established the Smooth variety of
Fox Terrier as a show dog without equal. So
complete was his domination of the breed ring
that his competition eventually surrendered,
paving the way for the Wire to reign supreme
for nearly 30 years.
Warren Kennels was founded by brothers
Winthrop and Lewis on an English import
named Splauger. In The New Fox Terriers,
author Harold Nedell writes, “the acquisition
of Splauger from England was a great start and provided
a good foundation for future winners.” These include the
dog Warren Safeguard (Charleton Verdict x Eggesford Saphire) and bitch Warren Captious (Charlton Verdict x Re-
It is hard to fathom that
the success enjoyed by Mr.
Rutherfurd at the world’s most
prestigious dog show will ever
be duplicated, if eclipsed.
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uge), both imported in 1892. “Of course,” Nedell continues,
“every Smooth breeder is aware of Ch. Warren Remedy, the
fantastic bitch whose major achievement has yet to be duplicated, three consecutive Westminster Bests in Show — 1907,
1908, and 1909.” It is hard to fathom that the success enjoyed
by Mr. Rutherfurd at the world’s most prestigious dog show
will ever be duplicated, if eclipsed. Perhaps the man and his
main adversary, Farwell, understood this as well because
both men sold off many of their dogs prior to America’s
entry into World War I. “Rutherfurd competed periodically
in the ensuing years but never with